Sophie lines - Mamma Mia!

…YOU CAN TAKE THE FUTURE

Even if you fail…Sam Carmichael…Bill Austin…And Harry Bright! Good luck…

Sophie!!

Aaaahhh! Ali! Lisa! Where’ve you been? I thought you’d get here hours ago.

How’s your Mom - I bet Donna’s going nuts over this wedding?

I’ve been dying for you to get here. I’ve got a secret. You’re the only ones I can tell-

Oh god, you’re pregnant!

No. I’ve invited my Dad to my wedding.

You mean you’ve finally found him?

Not exactly. Look. I found this in Mom’s desk.

…no, she’s supposed to go around reading yours…

…but look! 1979. It’s the one she kept the year she got pregnant with me - you know how she won’t talk about my dad, she says she can’t remember, but listen — ‘July 17th. What a night! After the show, Sam rowed me over to the little island. We danced on the beach and kissed on the beach, and dot, dot, dot…’

What? (Lisa)

Dot, dot, dot - that’s what they did in the olden days. ‘Sam’s the one, I know he is - I’ve never felt like this before…’

A love-machine?

That’s nothing-

So this guy Sam is your dad?

The plot thickens. Sam told Mom he was going back home to get married…

…typical man…

…hang on…’August 4th. What a night! I was still feeling depressed about Sam, but after the show, Bill rented a motor-boat, and I took him over to the island. One thing led to another and… dot, dot, dot…

Bill?

…’August 15th. What a night! Harry turned up out of the blue, so I said I’d show him the island. I must need my head examined, but he was so sweet, I couldn’t help it and - Dot, dot, dot!

Harry…

Yep. The sperm donor has a name. Well, three names. Sam, Bill or Harry.

And they’re all arriving for the wedding!

Yes.

Oh my God, Soph - do they know?

What do you write to a total stranger? ‘Come to my wedding, you might be my Dad?’ No - they think Mom sent the invitations - and after what’s in here I’m not surprised they said yes!

Oh my god Soph - are you sure about this?

Yes! I want the perfect wedding and I want my Dad to give me away.

Let’s hope it’s a wide aisle.

We’ve got to keep Mom out of the picture. She mustn’t know what I’ve done.

She’s bound to see them sooner or later.

I don’t want Mom frightening them off before I’ve had a chance to know them - with any luck I’ll know my Dad straight away.

What if you don’t?

Then I’ve got twenty four hours to find out - Aaarrghh!

I pity the poor bank-manager.

Auntie Rosie!

All that plastic surgery.

Of course I do, Auntie Tanya.

Will you look at my baby - her whole life ahead of her…

Mom, I’m getting married, not joining a convent.

You just invent me a machine that’ll make the beds.

If they did, you’d be going along behind it, making them again. I know you, Mom.

At least they might have some staff then. Where is everybody?

Good afternoon. Can I help you?

Hi. I’m Bill Austin. You have a room for me?

Bill Austin.

I’m Bright. Harry Bright.

Harry…so you must be -

You are expecting us?

Oh, yes, I’ll go and I’ll get the keys.

You’re Donna’s daughter.

Yes.

I thought you looked familiar. Sophie - Sophia.

It’s just Sophie.

No, Sophia’s the Greek. I had a Great-Aunt Sophia.

I’m named after a Sophia.

Yes, it’s very kind of her to remember us…

…oh, you can’t! You’re a secret! I sent the invitations - mom doesn’t know…

But why…?

Oh, Mom’s always talking about her friends from the old days… And I thought she’d be thrilled if I invited you all. But she’s got herself in such a state about this wedding - mention unexpected guests and she’ll hyper-ventilate.

Sophie - hold on, are you trying to tell me Donna didn’t invite me?

No. She didn’t. So pretend you’re here for a holiday. She’ll get a lovely surprise when she sees you at my wedding and we can let her in on the secret.

Sophie, I don’t want to spoil your lovely surprise, but the last time I saw your mother, she told me she never wanted to see me again. So, if you’re the one who sent the invitation, I’m still banned.

But that was years ago. I want you here.

Why?

Because - because it’s my wedding. And I want us all to be friends.

You’re just a little minx. You’re worse than your mother. I’m glad you haven’t met my boys.

Your boys? You have sons?

Yeah, I’ve got two. God, I’d love to bring them here some day.

Like you used to bring my mother?

Would there be a trouser press on the island?

I’ll show you all to your rooms now…

SCENE FIVE - The Beach

Where are you going?

Oh - hello. Well, the guys haven’t told me. But there are lap-dancers at the Orpheus Bar, mud-wrestling at Medusas’s - and Pepper’s bringing his hand-cuffs…

Don’t go.

What? And miss out on my last night of freedom?

No. I don’t mean don’t go - I mean… Is that how you really see it?

Yeah. No. I see it as… the last night before the biggest adventure of my life…come here.

You know I said I wanted to find my Dad?

Oh, Sophie - we’ve been through this a thousand times. You don’t need your Dad. I’m here.

Yes…oh, Sky - whatever happens you’ll never leave me, will you?

Hey, Sophie. Why marry the first guy that comes along?

Pepper!

Hey! Hen night. Women only.

No, no, we want the boys to stay, don’t we girls?

TAKE ME THROUGH THE DARKNESS TO THE BREAK OF THE DAY…

Sorry to drag you away.

Thank God you did. This used to be such a quiet little island.

Regretting you stayed away so long?

No, I’m regretting I never knew what was here.

What?

This place - the Taverna. I always meant to come back and build it some day, but Donna - she beat me to it.

Do you always prefer buildings to people?

What?

Tell me something about my Mom.

Your mom was irresistible, a one of a kind. We talked and we fought and we - you know it was me who brought her to this island?

That wasn’t the only thing you did, was it?

What has she told you?

Nothing. She’s never mentioned you.

Fancy Donna with a grown-up daughter!

Have you got any children, Harry?

No. I - haven’t put myself in the path of paternity.

It’s never too late.

I don’t think my other half would agree.

Oh - you don’t want children?

No, no, it’s not that, I…well, I’d have liked a daughter. I’d have spoiled her to bits.

Lucky thing.

Is your Dad here?

I don’t know.

What? (Harry during Gimme Gimme)

I don’t know who my father is.

Can I be nosy? I’m a writer, so it goes with the territory.

Go on.

How did your mom get this place? When I knew her she was singing in a night-club on the mainland.

She was left some money, in a will. We lived with an old lady when I was little - Mom looked after her. Her name was Sophia.

My Great-Aunt Sophia?

I think it must be.

But…I always heard her money went to…family…Wait a minute - how old are you?

Twenty.

SCENE SEVEN - The Jetty

Bill-

I had to get some air.

Why did your Great Aunt leave my mother that money?

I don’t know.

You do - please tell me.

What has your mother said?

She won’t talk about the past. She doesn’t understand why I need to know.

You’ve got to talk to her.

This has nothing to do with her. All of my life there’s been one unanswered question and I don’t want any more secrecy.

OH YES, I WANNA KNOW WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE GAME

Bill…are you my father?

I think so.

You know what comes next?

Don’t tell me you’ve got a twin sister?

No…will you give me away tomorrow?

Give you away?

I’ll feel like a proper bride when I walk down the aisle with my father.

I’ll find your mother.

Not tonight - please. Let’s keep this our secret till the wedding.

She’ll go crazy!

She’ll be relieved! She’ll see us together and she’ll see we’re happy.

Sophie, I don’t want to beat around the bush - I know why I’m here… and let me tell you, I think it’s great.

Sam…

I’ve always wanted a little girl, and a big one’s even better…

Oh, but, Sam - I…

Ok, I know, I’m rushing things - does your mother know you know?

God, no - she can’t -

No of course. Listen. who’s giving you away?

…no-one-

Wrong. I am.

You!

Oh my god - I’ve got it! Talk about slow on the uptake! I’m your Dad!

Harry…

What’s going on, Sophie? What are you doing…? It’s six o’clock in the morning.

I don’t know. I…

Wait right there.

I’m all right, Mom.

Of course you’re not all right - you’re sleep-walking again.

Again? When do I ever sleep-walk?

The night you came down with the measles. The time you couldn’t finish your times-table…

Oh, Mom - get off, I’m not a baby.

I know, but you’re still my daughter, Soph, and I know that something’s wrong... It can be stopped, it isn’t too late - I can sort out these wedding shenanigans…

Shenanigans? What do you mean - shenanigans?

I’m sorry - it’s just a figure of speech…

No, that’s what you think - isn’t it? - I’m stupid to get married, it’s just a whim?

Well, I’m not pretending I really understand, but…

Of course you don’t. You did just fine without a man, didn’t you - you never did that marriage and babies thing. You just did the baby.

What the h*ll’s going on here? Why are you coming down on me?

I’m going to do it right, Mom. I love Sky and I want to be with him and I don’t want my children growing up not knowing who their Father is because it’s crap.

Sorry Sky.

Sky!

It’s bad luck to see each other.

It’s all gone wrong anyway - Sky, look - you’ve got to help me.

Why, what’s happened?

It’s a mess and it’s all my fault - I know I shouldn’t have but I read Mom’s diary. I’ve got three possible Dads.

Oh my God!

I invited them to the wedding. I thought I’d know who my father was as soon as I saw him, but I didn’t, and now all three think they’re my Dad and they’re all expecting to give me away.

Wait a minute - go back a bit - you did what?

I invited my Dads to our wedding. It was three months ago, I wasn’t even sure they’d come.

Three months?

You’ve got to help me.

Why didn’t you tell me?

I knew you wouldn’t like it.

I thought we talked about everything, I thought we had trust, but you went behind my back for some stranger…

No, it wasn’t like that.

Is this what this big white wedding’s for? A set-up so you can find your Dad?

No - it’s not that at all-

I wanted to take a boat to the mainland and just get married with a couple of witnesses, but you insisted on this fantasy wedding so you could play ‘Happy Families’ -

-it’s knowing who I am - I want to get married knowing who I am.

Well that doesn’t come from knowing who your Dad is Sophie. That comes from you. How would you feel if I lied to you? I was marrying you because I loved you and I thought it was what you wanted. But I just don’t know any more.

You don’t know if you love me?

No. Listen, you think about it.

No, Sky - wait -

What’s going on?

Nothing - excuse me -

Let him go - he’s right - you have to be sure what you really want.

It’s got nothing to do with you -